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Definition of fortune teller in English: fortune tellernounˈfɔːtʃuːn tɛləˈfɔːrtʃən ˌtɛlər A person who is supposedly able to predict a person's future by palmistry, using a crystal ball, or similar methods. he went to a fortune teller to ask for advice Example sentencesExamples - Shortly after his birth, his father, a wealthy and powerful man, asked fortune-tellers about his son's future.
- Here, story-tellers, fortune-tellers and medicine-sellers with fantastic ingredients mingle in the grillfire-smoky square with Berber musicians in white robes.
- Divide the group into teams of three to five people, and have each team choose one member to be Madame Fortuna, the mysterious fortune-teller of bright futures.
- Are fortune-tellers, clairvoyants, palm readers, spiritists and voodoo participants in league with demons?
- Armed policemen guard the entrance to the church grounds while barbers, cobblers and fortune-tellers do business along the walls of the churchyard.
- In addition to the fashion and beauty exhibitors, there were also stands featuring jewellery, catering, florists, photographers and even fortune-tellers.
- Tarot cards are usually read by a fortune-teller, though in these days of New Age Enterprise, anyone can buy a deck with instructions on how to discover your real self and actualize your true potential.
- In a country with such a long tradition of corruption, one need not be a fortune-teller to predict that soon the black market will be flooded with such language diplomas.
- I know a Gypsy fortune-teller in town who might be able to reach her.
- Anything and everything seemed to be available, and for good measure the fortune-tellers that were present appeared to be quite busy.
- Daughters of successful fortune-tellers traditionally become fortune-tellers whether or not they are interested.
- Keith began his ascent in the circus, running a sideshow populated with freaks, strongmen, fortune-tellers, and other wonders.
- According to the Manila Standard, even fortune-tellers are flip-flopping on the possible outcome.
- Diviners, or fortune-tellers, are believed to have a special connection with the spirit world and can be called upon as go-betweens.
- All around me are jugglers and fortune-tellers, dancers and fire-eaters, and every few steps is another stall with a vendor eager to squeeze fresh orange juice.
- And everywhere he went he consulted the local fortune-tellers.
- Are they behind the mysterious powers of fortune-tellers, mystics, clairvoyants, and palm readers?
- Practitioners of the spiritual arts, be they geomancers, mediums, fortune-tellers or soul-callers, have increased in prominence as their formerly proscribed services become eagerly sought-after.
- Well, for one, there'd probably be scores of out-of-work fortune-tellers morosely sitting at home with their parrots and tarot cards.
- I could have made a mint being a fortune-teller, too - though I already would have known that.
Synonyms clairvoyant, crystal gazer, psychic, prophet, forecaster of the future, seer, oracle, soothsayer, prognosticator, prophesier, augur, diviner, sibyl medium, spiritualist telepathist, telepath, mind reader palmist, palm reader, chiromancer astrologer Scottish spaewife, spaeman rare haruspex, vaticinator, oracler, chirosophist, spiritist, palmister
Derivativesnoun Following this logic, it becomes clear that scientists will find nothing if they continue to seek for evidence of the supernatural by examining occult phenomena such as ESP, telepathy, fortune-telling and witchcraft. Example sentencesExamples - It was no feat of fortune-telling to predict a bright future for these talented singers.
- Successful predictions are more the result of good fortune than good fortune-telling.
- She said she did not believe in paranormal phenomena, magic, fortune-telling and the idea that everyone has a mission in life.
- I thought of divination as fortune-telling and psychic development as psychic development.
Definition of fortune teller in US English: fortune tellernounˈfôːrCHən ˌtelərˈfɔːrtʃən ˌtɛlər A person who is supposedly able to predict a person's future by palmistry, using a crystal ball, or similar methods. he went to a fortune teller to ask for advice Example sentencesExamples - Well, for one, there'd probably be scores of out-of-work fortune-tellers morosely sitting at home with their parrots and tarot cards.
- Diviners, or fortune-tellers, are believed to have a special connection with the spirit world and can be called upon as go-betweens.
- Are they behind the mysterious powers of fortune-tellers, mystics, clairvoyants, and palm readers?
- Keith began his ascent in the circus, running a sideshow populated with freaks, strongmen, fortune-tellers, and other wonders.
- Daughters of successful fortune-tellers traditionally become fortune-tellers whether or not they are interested.
- I could have made a mint being a fortune-teller, too - though I already would have known that.
- Practitioners of the spiritual arts, be they geomancers, mediums, fortune-tellers or soul-callers, have increased in prominence as their formerly proscribed services become eagerly sought-after.
- I know a Gypsy fortune-teller in town who might be able to reach her.
- In addition to the fashion and beauty exhibitors, there were also stands featuring jewellery, catering, florists, photographers and even fortune-tellers.
- According to the Manila Standard, even fortune-tellers are flip-flopping on the possible outcome.
- Anything and everything seemed to be available, and for good measure the fortune-tellers that were present appeared to be quite busy.
- Shortly after his birth, his father, a wealthy and powerful man, asked fortune-tellers about his son's future.
- Tarot cards are usually read by a fortune-teller, though in these days of New Age Enterprise, anyone can buy a deck with instructions on how to discover your real self and actualize your true potential.
- In a country with such a long tradition of corruption, one need not be a fortune-teller to predict that soon the black market will be flooded with such language diplomas.
- Armed policemen guard the entrance to the church grounds while barbers, cobblers and fortune-tellers do business along the walls of the churchyard.
- Here, story-tellers, fortune-tellers and medicine-sellers with fantastic ingredients mingle in the grillfire-smoky square with Berber musicians in white robes.
- Are fortune-tellers, clairvoyants, palm readers, spiritists and voodoo participants in league with demons?
- And everywhere he went he consulted the local fortune-tellers.
- All around me are jugglers and fortune-tellers, dancers and fire-eaters, and every few steps is another stall with a vendor eager to squeeze fresh orange juice.
- Divide the group into teams of three to five people, and have each team choose one member to be Madame Fortuna, the mysterious fortune-teller of bright futures.
Synonyms clairvoyant, crystal gazer, psychic, prophet, forecaster of the future, seer, oracle, soothsayer, prognosticator, prophesier, augur, diviner, sibyl
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